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Vietnam’s national U23 team is ranked 13th and among five squads in the top seeded group of the Asian Football Confederation U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Vietnam are due to take on Lebanon on May 23 and May 25 in a two-legged tie played in the UAE, its final bid to advance to the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup finals in Lithuania in September.

The career of the number one Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem entered a new chapter when he accepted to coach a chess team of the US’s Webster University, replacing Susan Polgar, former women's World Champion.

‘Dien Bien Phu’ – a massive painting of 132m wide and 9m high that took three years to be completed – was approved by an art council on May 4.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to hold the first ever Vietnam International Photography Festival.

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap recently released a plan on preserving and bringing into play the art of “Don ca tai tu” music and song and “Ho Dong Thap”.

A month-long photography event themed “Photo Hanoi ‘21” is taking place in the capital city to honour local and foreign photographers.

The first-ever Miss Earth Vietnam was launched during a press conference held in Lac Duong district of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on April 28.

An exhibition was opened at the Museum of Military Region 9 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 28, giving visitors an insight into late President Ho Chi Minh’s role in the elections of the National Assembly.

The play Lam Vua will hit stages in Hanoi from April 27, telling a historical epic from the time of King Dinh Tien Hoang, who reigned Dai Co Viet between 968 and 979.

Twenty-one prize-winning photos in a contest named “Tu Hao Mot Dai Bien Cuong” are on display at an exhibition launched in Ho Chi Minh City on April 26.

Vietnam men’s futsal team is to join playoffs together with Thailand, Lebanon and Iraq, to determine the final two slots for Asia at the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021.